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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1898
Page
3
Newport News Va Oct 4 The battleship Illinois was launched successfully at 12 33 pm amid cheers of a vast crowd and the blasts of hundreds of whistles The weather was perfect and boats and trains crowded with people arriving before daybreak as the yard of the Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock hosted the ceremony
The text notes that modern training and technique push fighting efficiency forward, reducing the grind once common on veteran ships. It contrasts current naval practices with the tedious routines that once plagued old-time vessels, highlighting improved effectiveness and morale through streamlined methods.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston arrived in Quebec on October 4 and was greeted with formal welcomes by Lt. Col. Oscar Pellitier and Major General Hutton. They toured the citadel and were hosted at Chateau Frontenac with night illuminations and ceremonial guards. Theodore Roosevelt formally notified of his nomination for governor at Oyster Bay, with Depew delivering the speech and Roosevelt pledging to serve the people and uphold national issues. A separate domestic tragedy unfolds as Fryer objects to her daughter Anne, leading to her suicide from carbonic acid after finding her lover's note at home.
Mrs Caroline Miskel Hoyt and her infant son were buried at Charleston NH after a 4 PM service at their home. The procession included husband Mr Hoyt, Mrs Scales and Miss Sallie Scales with Frank McKee and other business associates. Burial to be private in Hoyt family lot.
Thousands crowd the riverfront as Miss Nancy Leiter christens the Illinois. The ship sails to Old Point Comfort for a launching banquet with governors and dignitaries in attendance. Details on dimensions, armament, and crew follow, noting completion progress around 53 to 51 percent and a planned finish in October 1899. An accompanying tale recounts the Canadian Ancients visit and a collision accident injuring Colonel Henry Walker, whose injuries are non fatal but lasting.
Shocking incident from St Severin province reports Joseph Clotier away at church wife killed four children by throat and mutilation, then torched the home. Husband returned and saved the bodies from being cremated. The mother found insane in an outhouse.
Irving M. Scott of Union Iron Works dismisses the alleged giant warship building syndicate as absurd. He says his firm has not been approached and rejects reports of a plan to unite warship, armor plate, and gun makers into a single eastern plant near Cleveland with $200 million capital.
An advertising snippet touts Carter's Cough Balm at 25 cents and Burdock Blood Bitters as a cure for a widespread skin breakout. Miss Julia Filbridge of West Cornwall, Connecticut, is cited as grateful testimony.
The speaker urges strengthening the navy and building the army to meet any demand as the nation pursues its destiny. He asserts claims to Hawaii and Puerto Rico and vows to safeguard interests in the East and West Indies, aligning with Saratoga promises and seeking public trust in a future term.
The Tradesmen's National Bank of 260 West Broadway did not clear today and faces severe trouble with capital impaired by about 250000 to 300000. Clearing House inspectors found bad debts. no evidence of fraud. Depositors expect 100 cents on the dollar, but the bank will not resume soon. Wool merchants dispute linked to recent withdrawals.
Anne Fryer a 16 year old Brooklyn domestic died after ingesting carbolic acid following her mother’s refusal to let her attend a theater with a young man. The Williamsburg resident sought strangers’ company and fell into terrible agony before dying in a hospital hours later. Her parents live at 341 17th street South Brooklyn. The young man had offered theater tickets during a visit.
Cleveland, Oct 4 Richard Dickerson, 66, shot and killed Mrs Blanch Winship, a divorced mother of one, then killed himself after she refused him entry. He forced her door and fired. In New York, Judge Augustus Van Wyck received official nomination for Governor from the Democratic state convention.
We offer choice tenements in various areas priced from 5 to 10 dollars a month with strong value. For winter heat, steam heated rooms available at prices barely higher than unheated rooms. T H Elliott 64 Central Street Malitox promotes wellness.
The four masted schooner Sarah M. Palmer, under Captain Whittier, was lost off Stone Inlet seven miles south of Charleston after a Bahamas storm. Crew took to rigging, several went overboard, captain and six seamen drowned. Edisto island negro seamen washed ashore. vessel built 1894, 1082 tons net, 1226 gross, owned by Barthes Maine.
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